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Code poetry

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Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

Poetry that incorporates or is generated from computer code or programming syntax

Detailed Definition
Code poetry integrates programming syntax, computational logic, or digital notation into poetic form, either as executable code that generates text or as aesthetic use of coding structures; this hybrid genre explores the intersection of language and machine logic, challenging traditional notions of authorship, meaning, and readability in the digital age.
Example
Example in poetry:
“01001100 01101111 01110110 01100101” (binary for “Love”); “#include <heart.h> // compile my longing”; “while(alive) { write(poem); }”; “Error 404: Muse not found”
Additional Notes
Code poetry integrates programming syntax or computational logic into poetic form—blurs boundaries between literature and code; part of digital or generative poetry practices.
Also Known As
Cryptographic verse cipher poetry encoded lyric algorithmic poem Digital verse Genomic verse Secret-making verse
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